Elway: Forget the neck

“I’m not afraid about him getting hit. I’m really not,” Elway said. “Everybody’s worried about whether he can take a hit or not, he wouldn’t be on that football field if he couldn’t take a hit. If our doctors were worried, we wouldn’t have done anything on him a long time ago. I wanna see him get out there, get the rust off, complete a couple balls, and see how everyone reacts underneath the pressure and how we can do some different things and getting him under the bullets to where some things we do at the line of scrimmage, if he wants to change some things around and how we react to it.”

So, the Duke has spoken. What about you? Does Peyton's neck concern you at all?

Are you worried about Peyton Manning's neck?

Yes

No

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And worry about the same list of body parts for every other player on the roster. Every game/practice/dog_on_stairs_incident that goes by without a major injury is a plus.

Posted by DCJ1 on 2012-08-09 13:42:29

Ten play scoring drive and baseball hat.

Posted by ohiobronco on 2012-08-09 12:01:52

Nah - more concerned with his arm strength on long outs or post-corners. He has to throw those now and then to keep the safeties from crowding the short and intermediate routes - the threat just has to be there.

Posted by SteveS on 2012-08-09 11:57:58

Not concerned in the slightest. Peyton Manning is such a Man he has the word Man right in his name.

Posted by Yahmule on 2012-08-09 11:48:01

^^^ smart guy.

Posted by John Tomasik on 2012-08-09 11:21:29

yes. i'm also concerned about his knees. and his shoulders. his back, shins, cranium (cranium plus!) thumbs, ears, patellae, splenic flexure and ossicles. he's an old dude. we've got maybe three or so shots at it with him under center. injuries now, even minor ones, will disproportionately eat up time remaining. but so what? it's not like we're not already working hard to protect our young guys from injury, too. this is just one of those things where there is inherent risk and efforts to further reduce risk often just worsen risk. the worst thing to do is play scared. it's football. we all know what we are getting in to. he's taking a risk just stepping on the field, the broncos are taking a financial risk and a risk in team development by lavishing time on him rather than on someone less creaky. i'm taking a risk with my baconnaise. recognize it, accept it, then set it aside and do what you do the best you can. baconnaise. yum. but as to walton and beadles? now there's a concern that something can be done about. come on, guys. kick ass or step aside and we'll find someone that can.